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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1914
Page
9
Horace M. Sargent administrator of Corydon H Fellows estate fails to locate a will among papers and effects. Public and private charitable and educational institutions and employees may face disappointment in the absence of a will.
Mary Keeley, a house maid for William E. Fuller, will appear in Newton Court charged with arson. She had been employed two weeks and was discharged for alleged inefficiency after a brother reported the flame. The fire was quickly suppressed but kerosene fumes in the cellar led to her arrest.
It is stated that Mr. Sargent planned public bequests of about 1020 000 and to remember longtime employees. About 50 000 in Mr. Fellows securities were placed in a Boston box with N W Harris Co. An inventory in Probate Court may show hardware store property near 500 000. The administrator’s failure to locate a will surprises many, as William E Blunt was a lifelong figure in the matter.
Friend and personal counsel for Mr Fellows retains memoranda claimed as his draft will. The rough draft was given two years ago. He expected another lawyer to draft a will and planned 100000 in public bequests plus employee gifts. He allegedly withheld wages to fund a hardware venture. Heirs include Flora Noyes of Pittsfield New Hampshire Amanda Bickum of this city and Mrs Harriman of California.
A full color page in the Doings section highlights Pa Van Loon and the Van Loon family. The feature appears in the Sunday Post, detailing their latest activities and community presence.
Dorothy Hanna an 11 year old girl from Groveland road Cambridge told Station 4 North Cambridge police a thief stole her elephant fund bank saved for weeks to buy three animals Mollie Waddy and Tony.
A Cambridge police hunt follows the thief who took a penny bank titled Help Swell the Elephant Fund. A crying girl had collected 1.26 dollars for Franklin Park Zoo elephants and planned to raise more before sending the money. the thief vanished amid shoppers at George Caragianis candy store on 1280 Massachusetts Avenue. The girl vows to start again and raise a "good deal more" for the elephants.
Joseph G Gallo 17 and Fannie M Pizzulo 18 of Passaic N J secured a marriage license in Boston then lived as husband and wife in Newton Mass believing they were wed. Police arrested them when the girl’s father traced them to 154 Vine Street Oak Hill Newton. case to be heard in Newton Court.
Bethlehem Steel Company secures a contract for two 30 000 ton Chinese dreadnaughts to be built at the Fore River yard in Quinty with 14 inch artillery and complete Bethlehem machinery. The order follows a China visit by Vice-President Johnston who won the bids against English and German yards. The Bethlehem firm also reportedly competes for Turkish battleship work.
Boston attorney Edward J. Chew found Mrs. Mary McGrath, 59, dead on a couch at 7 St. Mark Street, Jamaica Plain. Medical Examiner ordered the body taken to City Hospital morgue for autopsy. early statement suggested natural causes.
Mayor Denix reports on a housing issue involving temporary rentals arranged by politicians. The text indicates a local concern about houses rented by the day and connected to political figures, with unclear details and potential fatigue from involvement.
The official stated he has not considered a municipal Summer White House and has been assigned to locations from Maine to Cape Cod for the summer. He hopes to find a place later but currently has no idea where it will be.
Ex-President William H. Taft will deliver the final lecture in his Legal Ethics course at Boston University Law School next Tuesday afternoon. He will explore the lawyers role in politics government and society.
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